London,
Saturday
1st March – 45
My Dear Mother
Caroline <1> is much better; but the accounts of Ld Mt E <2> are worse, and she is in a fidget to be off before she is quite able to bear the journey – George Edgcumbe <3> is going down by the Mail tonight to see his brother, as his company always amuses him. I have told Caroline the secret of the Kensington post office, so she will write tomorrow & say if she can come to Lacock for a night; for now she is unable to decide
Your affte
Henry
Notes:
1. Caroline Augusta Edgcumbe, née Feilding, Lady Mt Edgcumbe (1808–1881); WHFT’s half-sister.
2. Ernest Augustus Edgcumbe, Lord Valletort, 3rd Earl of Mt Edgcumbe (1797–1861), WHFT’s brother-in-law.
3. George Edgcumbe (1800–1882).